AP: "Box Cutters on Planes 5 Weeks, FBI Says"

[Richardo]

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PLANES_SEARCHED?SITE=LASHT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

"On Sept. 15, the Transportation Security Administration received an e-mail from Heatwole stating he had "information regarding six security breaches" at the Raleigh-Durham and Baltimore-Washington airports between Feb. 7 and Sept. 14, the FBI affidavit said."

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"The e-mail provided precise details of where the plastic bags were hidden - right down to the exact dates and flight numbers - and even provided Heatwole's name and telephone number. It's unclear whether Heatwole actually hid items on four other planes."


SO - Everyone feel safer now that Saddam is gone? He was the right target, right?

Bueller?

Bueller?

[speckledgator]

1. well

that and the fact that a cuban gun boat fully armed, cruised into Key West, docked, and the uniformed soldiers turned themselves in to local cops....sidearms and all...HS is so much a joke

[Beetwasher]

2. That's fucked up

Seriously, seriously fucked up...

[RandomKoolzip]

3. More than anything, this points up the selective nature of Fatherland

Security. Can we just admit that the Bush Administration LIHOP re: 9/11 and that nobody poses a REAL threat to us unless Cheney, et al. wants an attack to occur? And that it povided a great excuse to crack down on civil liberties? Look at the news: spyware is everywhere, file-sharing can lead to prison time, and yet airline security (y'know, the thing everybody was feaked out about post 9/11) is a farce. Our tax dollars are going to oppress ourselves.